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If he did not do well, my grandfather must be censured first.He had a sister very like Rachel here.…Cited from Thomas Wingfold, Curate, by George MacDonald

The little ant, again, pronounced the gnat too wee; To such a speck, a vast colossus she.Each censured by the rest, himself content, Back to their homes all living things were sent.…Cited from Fables of La Fontaine, by Jean de La Fontaine

He attacked slavery and slaveholders as immoral and condemned the institution while calling for it to end.After two weeks, a vote was held, and he was not censured.He delighted in the misery he was inflicting on the slaveholders he so hated, and prided himself on being "obnoxious to the slave faction."…

There was a certain bold assurance in her manner which he disliked.Besides, he could not help fearing there was some good reason why her father censured her so much.…Cited from Tempest and Sunshine, by Mary J. Holmes

On the other hand, I am not so sure that Quinault is justly entitled to praise for sacrificing, in compliance with the taste of his countrymen, everything like comic intermixture.He has been censured for an occasional play on language in the expression of feeling.But is it just to exact the severity of the tragical cothurnus in light works of this description?…Cited from Lectures on Dramatic Art, by A. W. Schlegel

In their original adventures prior to the Crisis on Infinite Earths, the Forgotten Heroes are all superheroes who, at one point in their career, had discovered a mysterious golden pyramid.When they attempt to report the discovery, they find themselves censured by the US Government.The members of the team are brought together by Immortal Man, who reveals to them that the pyramids are the work of his eons-old foe, Vandal Savage.…

These things, when Cleek heard of them, affected him not at all.He seemed not to care whether his career was ended or not, whether the world praised or censured.Neither his pride nor his vanity was stirred even to the very smallest degree.…Cited from Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces, by Thomas W. Hanshew

The catalogue of the saints is not, strictly speaking, necessarily a matter of faith, but of pious devotion.Nevertheless, it is not to be highly censured by any manner of man.To come to the present case, the following circumstances are to be noted: First, the royal council and the men-at-arms were induced to believe and to obey; and they faced the risk of being put to shame by defeat under the leadership of a girl.…Cited from The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2), by Anatole France

They have censured me and placed a heavy penalty upon me.

If he did that he might be censured by the owners.I think he really believes there is no danger.…Cited from The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms, by Laura Lee Hope

He became the first representative in the recorded history of the state house to be formally censured.

While the former five were censured, the latter two were approved.The former might have remained as faithful as the latter.…Cited from The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church, by G. H. Gerberding

He might have set out at once for Rome with either his entire army or at least a portion of it and have quickly ended the war; yet he did not do so, although Maharbal urged him to do so.Hence he was censured as being able to win victories but not understanding how to use them.Since they had delayed this time, they could never again have an opportunity to make haste.…Cited from Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6), by Cassius Dio

In January 1777, Washington instructed Heath to attack Fort Independence in New York in support of Washington's actions at Trenton and Princeton, but Heath's attack was botched and his troops were routed.He was censured by Washington and thereafter was never given command of troops in combat.General Heath was placed in charge of the Convention Army of John Burgoyne's surrendered troops after the Battle of Saratoga.…

During the Whiskey Rebellion, local citizens raised a liberty pole in support of the rebels, and to protest conscription of soldiers to put down the rebellion.Nevertheless, these citizens were censured in a town meeting and removed the pole the next day.President George Washington, while leading United States troops against the rebels, came through town on the way from Carlisle to Bedford, staying overnight on October 12, 1794.…

Thou art Day and Night (which are the constituent elements of Eternity).Thou art he that is without fault and therefore, never censured.…Cited from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4

The party chapter censured her and asked her to resign, but she refused.

He then began by soliciting the candid attention of the West Indians to what he was going to deliver to the House.However others might have censured them indiscriminately, he had always himself made a distinction between them and their system.It was the latter only, which he reprobated.…Cited from Abolition of the African Slave Trade, Vol. II, by Thomas Clarkson

A subsequent commission of inquiry censured the city's calling out the military.The incident and casualties caused widespread outrage throughout Ireland.…

An early and primary event is the abandonment of a ship in distress by its crew including the young British seaman Jim.He is publicly censured for this action and the novel follows his later attempts at coming to terms with his past.In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Lord Jim 85th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.…